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Explain five problems facing commercial maize cultivation in the Rift valley Region of Kenya.

      

Explain five problems facing commercial maize cultivation in the Rift valley Region of Kenya.

  

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Kavungya
- Attack of maize by diseases such as white lead, blight and lethal necrosis which kills the crop and affects growth leading to low production.
- Attack of maize by pests such as stalk-borers, army worms, aphids, birds and weevils which damage the crop or kill it completely leading to high losses.
- Low payments which demoralizes the farmers.
- The high cost of farm inputs which discourages the farmers/hampers maize production.
- The muddy roads during the rainy season which hampers maize transportation from the farms and to the market destinations.
- The very high rainfall which causes maize to rot and die while in the farm/develop stunted growth.
- The occurrence of drought which destroys large tracts of the maize crop/causes retarded growth leading to low production.
- Frost attack which destroys maize completely thus affecting the quantity of yields produced.
- Hailstones pounding the maize plant damages it completely or partially which leads to reduced yields or no production at all.
Kavungya answered the question on May 30, 2019 at 07:57


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